European Cinema in Motion Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe [Paperback]

This collection brings together international experts on the cinema of migration and diaspora in postcolonial and postnational Europe. It offers a comprehensive theoretical and analytical discussion of a highly productive creative sector and documents the spectrum of this area of exploration in European, transnational and World Cinema studies.Acknowledgements Introduction Locating Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe; D.Berghahn & C.Sternberg Migration and Cinematic Process in Post-Cold War Europe; D.Iordanova State and Other Funding for Migrant, Diasporic and World Cinemas in Europe; A.Jackel Nostalgic Journeys in Post-Soviet Cinema: Towards a Lost Home?; B.Beumers Transculturation in German and Spanish Migrant and Diasporic Cinema: On Constrained Spaces and Minor Intimacies in Princesses and A Little Bit of Freedom; E.G.Rodriguez The Dark Side of Hybridity: Contemporary Black and Asian British Cinema; S.Malik Body Matters: Immigrants in Recent Spanish, Italian and Greek Cinemas; I.Santaolalla Gendering Diaspora: The Work of Diasporic Women Filmmakers in Western Europe; C.Tarr Queering the Diaspora; J.S.Williams Sound Bridges: Transnational Mobility as Ironic Melodrama; D.Gokturk Coming of Age in 'the Hood': The Diasporic Youth Film and Questions of Genre; D.Berghahn Migration, Diaspora and Metacinematic Reflection; C.Sternberg Future Imperfect: Some Onward Perspectives on Migrant and Diasporic Film Practice; G.Jones Filmography Index

An important contribution filled with original work and insightful analyses. - Randall Halle, Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German Film and Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA

A welcome addition to European cinema studies and a timely contribution to the growing fields of diasporic, migrant and transnational cinemas. This thought-provoking collection, which manages to be both diverse and coherent, will be consulted for years to come. - Elizabeth Ezra, Professor of Cinema andlÓv